MBUYISELO BOTHA | Church needs to make fighting gender disparity priority mission
During the training, there were two young priests who caught my attention, Lwazi Kondlo who is 26, and Bheki Buthelezi who is 28.
And having them attend this training at such an early stage in their priesthood gives me hope that in the future we will have better churches that are cognisant of the context in which they operate. They grew up in an era of #FeesMustFall, the total shutdown movement, affirmative action and women’s empowerment. All of these are bound to influence their world view and, invariably, their interpretation of scriptures and the place of women in the church and the broader society.
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